And the Lopez-Affleck wedding scene? It's no longer in the movie. And during our recent roundtable interview in New York, he explains why.

Come to think of it, if there was a wedding scene, it should have been between Smith and Affleck, culminating with an open-mouthed kiss and backed by Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." Those guys are just too good for each other.

Q: Ben, welcome!

BEN AFFLECK: Thank you for having me!

Q: Time for a roundtable, are you down with it? I mean, can we talk? Do you prefer roundtables?

AFFLECK: I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something, and have a conversation with them more. Sometimes you think, well, I see that that's your angle, but I kind of see it differently. You sort of can respond to it.

Q: Intimacy, don't you love it? But you get the vibe. The immediate feedback response. It's kind of more comfortable, and from an interviewee's point of view, it's less confrontational.

Q: You've pretty much now discovered the other half of being an actor: talking about your work. You seem really comfortable with doing interviews, and you're doing a lot, do plan to keep on going with it? You're seeing the full commitment you have to a film?

AFFLECK: Yeah, I sort of think like that, you know? Now it's a process I sort of take for granted. No matter what it is, any time I take a job or look at a job, part of the thing is to immediately see it to the end and know that then I'll have to be there sitting there talking to journalists, talking about the movie, and then I'll be on a television talk show talking about the movie. So, I just think of it differently in terms of what the movies is and what I can talk about.

Q: We get the impression making Jersey Girl was tops for you? And now you get to talk about it.

AFFLECK: With a movie like Jersey Girl I really looked forward to this. I think there's stuff to talk about. I think it's substantive. And I'm proud of the movie.

You know, action movies are very... well... What is there to say? I hate that. That's really an irritating and frustrating sort of like thing where everybody is sort of in on the game. And it's like, "Alright, what do you want me to say about it?" It's like, "This is really in the tradition of the French New Wave." And you're trying to sort of hump something that speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't. Whereas [Jersey Girl] is actually very interesting.

Kevin Smith directs Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck on the set of Jersey Girl

Q: With your relationship with Kevin, do you think it's gotten to the point where you can just depend on him for a lot of things, and leave a lot of concerns to him?

AFFLECK: Yeah, I trust him completely, which is a really rare thing with a director. I trust him and I've depended on him. He offered me the most interesting roles of my career. Certainly, I depend on him for that. (Laughs.)

Although, his next movie he's doing is the first Kevin Smith movie that I will not be doing with him, 'cause he's selling-out, you know? He's doing Green Hornet. He's gone Hollywood.

AFFLECK: But, yeah, we have a good relationship, we have similar sensibilities. And whether or not we've become more similar to one another over the years, or just gotten to be more in tune with one another... I feel like when he writes I really understand it... I like it... and some people can say he really over-writes because he uses a lot of language, it's all language, and that's sort of the way I express myself, too, so I feel comfortable doing it. And by now Kevin doesn't have to explain himself to me, so it saves him time.